Today’s Best Ever guest flips homes that are over $1,000,000 and he talks about a case study and how he makes a living out of luxury flips. He has a fascinating career path from buying and holding to land development and now flipping multi-million dollar homes.

Tweetable quote:

Focus on one thing and do it well.

Will Barnard’s real estate background:

- Founder of Barnard Enterprises, Inc. based in Santa Clarita, CA

- full time investor and developer focused on flipping luxury homes with values over 1MM

Online marketing is necessary so we might as well get good at it, right? Today’s Best Ever guest shares with you his expert tips for ranking high in Google searches and being an overall savvy online marketer for your real estate company.

Tweetable quote:

Don’t cast too narrow of a net.

Trevor Mauch’s real estate background:

- Started investing in college and bought a 4-plex

- He’s a buy-and-hold investor with a specialty of growing online companies

After watching house flipping shows on TV and losing money on his first deal, today’s Best Ever guest talks about the lessons he learned and how he applied them to his business. Now, fast forward 4 years, he’s done over 100 deals. He tells you how to do the same thing. Let’s go!

Tweetable quote:

Follow one course until successful.

Nasar El-arabi’s real estate background:

- Founder of Real Estate Busters based in Charlotte, North Carolina

- Fired from his job and decided to go full time at wholesaling, rehabs and buying investment properties

- Started wholesaling in 2011 and has done close to 100 wholesale deals

Just what the title says, my friend. Today’s Best Ever guest shares with you the 10 Rules of Successful Real Estate Investing. What? You just wanted ONE piece of advice? Sorry Charlie. You get 10 golden nuggets in this episode!

Today’s Best Ever guest shares how he set an unofficial world record on the fastest refinance on a property, why it happened and how to avoid in the future. Plus, we talk about his experience growing up in the real estate business and his company’s focus on multifamily investing.

You don’t have to go to school to buy a school. Just listen to this episode. Today’s Best Ever guest talks about how he, his brother and his wife wanted to buy a school so they set out to find one for sale. Then, they actually bought it!

Why do we make things so complicated? Most of the important things in business – like sales and influence – are actually pretty simple to master. It’s just a matter of knowing HOW to master it and then DOING it. Today’s Best Ever guest shares the HOW and now, it’s up to you to DO. Let’s go!

Today’s Best Ever guest shares how he got started and quickly graduated from single family properties to being focused on large multifamily. We discuss how YOU can get started by following the same steps.

Tweetable quote:

Set smaller, weekly goals that lead to larger ones.

Reed Goossens’s real estate background:

- Owner of RSN Property Group which focuses on value-add multifamily acquisitions

- Full-time structural engineer based in Los Angeles and originally from Australia

- Investing since 2007 and has properties in Syracuse, NY and Philadelphia, PA

My 99-year old grandma shares with you what it’s like to live almost 100 years in a market that has seen major fluctuations from boom, to bust and, now, a very slight recovery. We discuss the current Flint, Michigan economy and market value of properties over time in the market.

She also shares with you the secret to living to 99 years old and beyond.

You’re about to have a lot of fun learning about boat and mini storage unit investing, seller financing, a book I immediately bought after he mentioned it and two ways to become financially free in 7 – 10 years, plus much, much, much…much more.

An inspiring story of an investor who says every deal he’s done has been with ZERO dollars down payment. Yes, there are closing costs and costs associated with due diligence but his down payments have been zip, zero, zilch. Learn about his story and how you can apply the same techniques.

Tweetable quote:

Only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

Ben Leybovich’s real estate background:

- Real estate investor based in Lima, Ohio

- Personal portfolio of over $1,500,00 in real estate with annual cash flow of $45,000

- Started investing seven years ago and specializes in creative financing techniques

As a real estate agent today’s Best Ever guest realized that last day she sold a house would be the last dollar she ever made. So she and her husband switched their approach and started becoming investors in real estate. Want to learn how they did it? Let’s go!

Today’s Best Ever guest shares with you a hard lesson he learned during a condo conversion project and the single clause you should include in your contract to avoid the same pitfalls. He has also successfully built a real estate empire and shares how he structures his deals with investors.

Tweetable quote:

Can’t fly with the eagles if you scrape with the turkeys.

Kevin Mohr’s real estate background:

- Founder of The Titan Investment Group, company is focused on acquisition of income producing single and multi-family properties

Want to hear how to create enough cash flow to replace your full-time job? Today’s Best Ever guest talks about how he and his wife created enough cash flow to replace their full-time job incomes in just 3 short years.

Tweetable quote:

Be the best version of yourself every single day.

Cuong Le’s real estate background:

- Husband/wife team investing since 2011

- Control over 1.2MM in real estate

- Just rehabbed and rented out 8th property which now allows him to replace his income from his full-time job

From the US Marine Corps to the music business to…bagging groceries and now owning 240 rental units and being a full-time investor, today’s Best Ever guest has got a story for you!

Tweetable quote:

Focus on streams, not piles, of income.

Matt Theriault’s real estate background:

- Went from US Marine Corps to music business to bagging groceries at a grocery store to now an active and successful full-time real estate investor who has closed on hold 240 rental units in portfolio

From appraisal terminology explained in easy-to-understand ways, to successful case studies and adding value to properties, today’s Best Ever guest lends you his appraisal expertise. And, of course, his Best Advice!

Tweetable quote:

Create premiums for your property. Like grass in Phoenix.

Cameron Palmer’s real estate background:

- Holds an MAI designation from the Appraisal Institute and is a certified general real estate appraiser in Arizona

- Performed valuation services for over $1 billion of real estate

- Specializes in multifamily with an emphasis in highest and best use analysis, fundamental market analysis and discounted cash flow analysis

A wonderful conversation with today’s Best Ever guest where you learn about market evaluations, a contract clause to add in to your next deal, daily reminder system to be more effective and much, much more. This interview is loaded with #bestever advice.

Tweetable quote:

What have I done in the last hour to move my biz forward?

Louis Leone’s real estate background:

- Founder at REALvestment, a start-up looking at big data to identify local and emerging real estate markets

- As former Senior VP at Predential Real Estate, he was responsible for the 5th highest number of total transactions in New York City in 2010

How do you reach the unreachable? Become a power connector. Today’s Best Ever guest shares with you practical tips for how to grow your influence through quality and strategic relationships with her 5 + 50 + 100 rule. She’s directly connected to Warren Buffet and got Mark Burnett endorse to her book – let’s go!

How do you rise to the top of your profession, become a best-selling author, close on $20MM deals and be on a hit TV show? You become a branding genius. Today’s Best Ever guest has accomplished all these things and then some and shares with you PRACTICAL tips on how to get more deals done.

How is it possible to have millions of dollars in your IRA when the government only allows a certain amount to be deposited annually? Self-directed accounts. Today’s Best Ever guest talks about the pros, cons and misconceptions of self-directed accounts.

Tweetable quote:

Get involved. It’s impossible to be successful on your own in real estate.

Introducing….Skillset Sunday! On today’s episode I share with you the three-step process to quickly connect with someone in a meaningful way. This can grow your biz bigtime because you’ll have more friends and be able to stay in touch in a more relevant way.

Today’s Best Ever guest shares with us something he has implemented that resulted in never receiving a late payment from a tenant. And, you’ll learn other ways to automate the process of being a landlord so you can spend time doing more of what you want to do.

Today’s Best Ever guest is a former millionaire who lost it all in 2008 and is now coming back strong with a revised approach to his business. Curious about the 1 thing he is changing this time around? Let’s go!

A life’s worth of lessons is jam-packed in today’s episode with our Best Ever guest. From crashing in burning to building a business back up again with only a couple thousand dollars. Deal syndication, overcoming paralyzing terror, flipping, urban rehab projects, deal structure with investors and so much more is discussed. Let’s go!

Tweetable quote:

Following your dreams without a viable Plan B is foolhardy.

Phillip Elmes’s real estate background:

- Founder of NDP (Neighborhood Development Partners)

o Buying, improving and reselling homes in Chicago’s south side inner city neighborhoods

- Licensed broker since 1973 – been in real estate over 40 years

- Active in real estate since then as both a broker and developer of residential and commercial real estate

Today’s Best Ever guest talks about the importance of talking to strangers and why he has a remarkable goal of meeting 100 new people a day. Too fluffy for ya? Well he has a personal portfolio of over $20,000,000 and he talks about his tactic for building that too. Boom – psychology and strategy – get ready!

Tweetable quote:

My goal is to meet 100 people a day.

Aaron Woodman’s real estate background:

- Sold over $200M in real estate

- Had a property mgmt. company that oversw 1600 units

- Personal portfolio of over $20MM in property

- LA Operations Manager at The Boutique Real Estate Group located in Corona Del Mar, California

- Got his license while in high school and was selling homes before graduating

Real estate investing is a team game. And having an All Star broker on your team is stacking the odds in your favor for finding deals and making money. How do All Star brokers qualify YOU as a potential business partner? Listen to today’s Best Ever guest as he shares the four qualifying questions he asks.

Tweetable quote:

It’s going to take time.

Kurt Shoemaker’s real estate background:

- Focused on multifamily and this year only has closed on $55,000,000 of deals

- Associate Vice President at Cassidy Turley based in Cincinnati, OH office

This interview takes an unexpected and deliciously wonderful turn when today’s Best Ever guest asks to role play so he can share with you how to smoothly bring up prospecting for your biz in any setting.

Today’s Best Ever guest shares with us the systems he implements to continually grow his flipping business. From morning routine to overall psychology – you’ll get a full dose of how to make it happen!

Tweetable quote:

There’s no time wasted in real estate.

Justin Colby’s real estate background:

- Founder of Phoenix Wealth Builders based in Phoenix Arizona

- Flipped over 300 homes in last 7 years

- Building 79 town homes in Mesa, AZ

- Host of top ranked podcast The Science of Flipping and author of The Science of Flipping available on Amazon

Note buying. Buying notes. And more note buying…you want to hear from a note buying expert? Listen to today’s Best Ever guest as he shares how to do the due diligence on note buying and the reveals five exit strategies for note buying.

Today’s Best Ever has raised over $3,000,000 and flipped over 200 homes but it hasn’t come without challenges. Major challenges. Like starting his company with $80,000 in debt, selling a car to finish a flip, and being conned by a con man. He tells his story in today’s episode that you don’t want to miss.

Tweetable quote:

Don’t use eraser math.

Glenn Schworm’s real estate background:

- Flipped 200 houses since then 2007

- Founded Signature Home Buyers with his wife, they buy and sell 50 houses a year

Today’s Best Ever guest brings a different perspective to the show than what’s typical because her background isn’t exclusively focused on real estate. She’s a certified financial planner and talks to you about her Best Ever advice.

How many land flippers do you know? Ain’t too many, right? Today’s Best Ever guest shares with us his advice on buying land low and selling it high. It’s a business model that isn’t discussed often but is working out very well for our guest. Learn about it right meow…

Combine a long-term vision with best-in-class customer service and what do you get? A company that Inc. Magazine recognizes as one of the fastest growing in the United States. Today’s Best Ever guest shares with us how he helped turn his company from a transactional operator to an industry leader. You’ll hear about achievements, mistakes and everything in between in this candid conversation about building a company from the ground up.

How much did it cost to fix up? What did you pay for it? How long did you hold it? What did you sell it for? Those four questions are the four that are typically asked when evaluating the success of a fix and flip deal. However, today’s Best Ever guest shares with us secret, hidden and…spooky (ok, not spooky but it is Halloween season…) expenses that usually get overlooked.

Tweetable quote:

It’s a learning experience. It’s not a failure.

Mark Ferguson’s real estate background:

- Real estate agent since 2001

- Fixes and flips between 10 – 15 properties a year

- Runs a team of ten that has sold an average of 200 homes a year over the last four years

Want to command the most money for your house? Stage it baby! Today’s Best Ever guest talks in detail about how to stage a home so it commands the highest dollar. This info is perfect for all investors doing Lease to Purchase Options.

Tweetable quote:

Don’t paint your front door red.

Joyce Kelly's real estate background:

- Real estate agent at Nathan Grace Real Estate

- Over 10 years of interior design experience

- Received 2nd place in Window Fashions Envisions National Competition

- Kaleidoscope People’s Choice Award winner for Interior Design

- Authored many articles in Drapery and Design Professional and Drapery & Window Coverings

Today’s Best Ever guest had a problem. She could sell her house so she was forced to turn it into a rental. But instead of simply renting it she did a lease with option to purchase. Listen to hear how that turned out…

Tweetable quote:

Always have a Plan B.

Holly Williams’s real estate background:

- Successfully done a lease with purchase option contract (that turned out really well for her)

Buy in an improving area, manage well and watch your value increase. Seems obvious right? Right. But today’s Best Ever guest shares with you a major wrinkle to this plan that can help you increase your property value even more…and faster.

Tweetable quote:

Is it possible? Yes, so let’s get to work.

Al Williamson’s real estate background:

- Been a landlord since 1996

- Owner of two homes, one apartment building and one commercial building

We all think about due diligence as research on the property we’re going to buy. But, today’s Best Ever guest talks about the importance of conducting more due diligence on his team than the market or property. And he would know because he has invested in Australia, Kansas City, Upstate New York and Ohio…so he’s implemented this advice successfully many times over.

Tweetable quote:

Do more due diligence on your team than your market.

Engelo Rumora’s real estate background:

- Started with $40,000 in savings and bought first house in 2011 in Australia

Today’s Best Ever guest shares with you the biz model he uses to quickly scale his apartment investing business. Next week he is closing on a $12,000,000 property – I think you’ll want to hear what he has to say.

Tweetable quote:

Start smart and invest in yourself.

Chris Urso’s real estate background:

- Raised over $15,000,000 of private equity

- In last 4 years his company has acquired over $45,000,000 worth of apartments

- He and his wife began investing in 2001 originally focusing on residential

Today I reveal the Top 5 Lessons Learned Looking Back on Multifamily Deals. I’ve spoken to successful multifamily investors and they dished all the stuff they wish they would have done differently. Listen to this advice, implement it and avoid these mistakes.

The longer you’re in the game the more opportunities you’ll be exposed to. Listen to Today’s Best Ever Guest as she shares how sticking to her criteria has helped her build a multimillion dollar portfolio in three short years.

Tweetable quote:

Know your floor and stick to it.

Brie Schmidt’s real estate background:

- Owns and operates 27 units in Chicago and Milwaukee

- Started investing in 2011 and has built a multimillion dollar portfolio in less than three years

Let the other person do the work. Today’s Best Ever guest shares his secrets on how he has become a full-time passive income investor. He lets other people put the deals together and he brings the money to participate. He has to be very selective with whom he invests and he shares his tips on how to pick the right person.

Tweetable quote:

With passive investments you decrease your risk by investing in wealthier people.

What of liquidity do you need in order to qualify for a typical loan? What’s the difference between equity and post-equity liquidity? What do you need to qualify for the loans? Learn this and much more as today’s Best Ever guest shares with you his advice.

Tune in to listen to his Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever!

Paul Peeble’s real estate background:

- Closed on over 4,000 real estate loans and over $250MM in the last 12 months

- Over 25 years experience arranging financing for borrowers and insititutioanl clients

Today’s Best Ever guest shares a case study of how his company changed their strategy in the middle of a project and came out ahead. Plus, if you’re interested in the hotel business you’ve got to listen to what Jonathan has to say.

Interest rates, refinancing and property selection, oh my. You are in for a treat with today’s Best Ever guest Nela Richardson who is the Chief Economist for Redfin. She talks about the state of today’s economy and, more importantly, her advice on how to capitalize on it.

A funny thing happens when you swing for doubles – sometimes you end up with homeruns. Today’s Best Ever guest talks about the importance of investing in “doubles” and not waiting around for a “home run”. And he gives an example of a double turning into a home run.

Tweetable quote:

If you want to have results most people won’t achieve you have to be willing to work harder than most people are willing to work.

Welcome to the wonderful world of note buying. Where you become the proud owner of paper not property. So basically you are now a bank. Want to hear how the heck one of the most successful note buyers is approaching this investing strategy?

Everybody is in the note business. They just tend to be on the wrong end of it.

Mark Cuban says he isn’t a glass hall full or half empty guy. Instead, he wants to be the guy pouring the glass. Today’s Best Ever guest shares the same philosophy. Jason Hartman talks about the importance of maintaining control and when it makes sense to relinquish the control.

Listen to today’s Best Ever guest as she walks you through how to build a profitable business by renting out other people’s apartments. You know of Airbnb, right? Well, she uses that site and others to create her own profitable bed and breakfast.

I don’t want to end up having simply visited this world.

Tune in to listen to her Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever!

Lauryn Ballesteros’s real estate background:

- Started wholesaling out of college in Buffalo, NY

- Created a La Brooklyn Haus in Brooklyn – a 5-bedroom bed and breakfast

Flipping properties in bad neighborhoods can be scary and profitable. Today’s Best Ever guest talks about what it is like working in some of the roughest Las Vegas neighborhoods. He also gives invaluable tips how to effectively manage contractors.

If you have ever wanted to do wholesaling then you need to listen to this interview. Our Best Ever guest walks you through how to wholesale probate properties. She tells you how to format your letters, find the properties and how to approach the initial calls with the leads.

As landlords it’s almost impossible to not get caught up in some sob story a tenant has. It’s a judgment call we all have to make and then live with the consequences. Listen to today’s Best Ever guest as she shares her experience and, consequently, her advice for you if you are in the same position.

Tune in to listen to her Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever!

Shannon Morrow’s real estate background:

- Owns a 3-family building in Brooklyn, NY as her 1st investment property

- She lives in one unit and rents out the other two

- Currently works as a real estate agent in NYC

- Previously worked as a loan processor who did over $150,000,000 worth of loans with investors

Plus owner financing, cash and mortgage brokers. Today’s Best Ever guest has financed properties through all these ways and shares with you tips for how to decide which one makes the most sense based on the property.

Plus, we talk about the keys to picking the right tenant and how that approach can influence your buying strategy.

Tune in to listen to his Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever!

Bill Shaffer’s real estate background:

- He and his wife own 10 properties with 22 units in Colorado and Wyoming

You’re standing in 4 feet of water. What’s your next step to getting the problem fixed and reimbursed for the damages? Today’s Best Ever guest is a public adjuster who represents property owners when they file insurance claims.

Tune in to listen to his Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever!

Les Weitman’s real estate background:

- Works as a public adjuster representing property owners who file insurance claims

What if, instead of specializing on a particular niche in real estate investing, you raised money for the deals and partnered with experienced real estate investors who actually manage and execute the deals?

Today’s Best Ever guest considers himself a money manager. He believes raising and organizing money is the top of the real estate mountain and thinks other investors should learn the skillset. I agree.

Tune in to listen to his Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever!

Bryan Hancock’s real estate background:

- Currently has over 40 development projects in Austin, Texas

- His funds have raised more than $13,000,000 for real estate development in Austin, Texas over last 2 years

Every property has at least one problem. What if you could turn that problem into actual income? Jacob shares with you a story where his team turned two poorly functioning laundry rooms into cash money.

First impressions go a long way. When you first meet a commercial broker it’s important to make a good impression so that you can build a good relationship with him or her over time. That increases the amount of deals you see and close on. So, how do you make a good first impression? Bart Weprin shares the questions you should have answers to prior to speaking with a broker.

How many investors do you know who are focused on buying suburban office space? Bet you can count the number on one hand. In fact, a lot of investors consider “suburban office space” dirty words. And that’s why listening to this interview with Arndt is so important. He is taking a contrarian mindset to real estate and doing very well with it.

Amy Bors founded Winfield Property Mangement in 2006 and has since grown her company from 300 units under management to over 2,000. She is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma and shares her best advice ever on staffing properties, slashing expenses and making money.

Jonathan used his reputation, networking skills, persistence and smarts to start his own real estate investing company that now controls over 230 apartment units. But he had some issues along the way. First, he lost out on two deals days before closing because the financing fell through. That was a very costly hiccup. Learn how he overcame it and what he learned from the experience.

Listen to hear his best advice ever!

Jonathan Twombly’s real estate background:

Board member on the Harvard Real Estate Alumni Organization in New York City

Buckle up partner. Joanna Weber shares with you her best ever tenant screening tips. With the amount of money you save form lower tenant turnover after listening to her you’ll be able to buy your own ice cream store.

Get ready. She’s about to share with you her best real estate investing advice ever!

Michael Becker controls 800 units and is well on his way to 1200. And, he has done it all within the last 12 months! Crazy, right? He shares how he did it, how to find value add opportunities and, of course...his best advice ever!

Louis's first investment property didn't go according to plan. He bought in New Orleans right before Katrina hit. It wiped out the property but taught him some valuable life lessons. Lessons he has applied to become an over of 173 multifamily units. Want to hear his advice?